Influencing factors of menopausal syndrome among women in communities of Tangshan

ObjectiveTo explore influencing factors of menopausal sydrom a among women in communities of Tangshan city and to provide basis for effective intervention.MethodsTotally 400 women of 45-55 year-old(from 10 communities of Tangshan, 40 women in each community) were investigated with Kuppenn an scale.ResultsAmong 359 participants,297 people had menopausal symptoms with an incidence rate of 82.73%.The occurrence and degree of menopausal syndrome were significantly correlated with age, working condition, menstruation, spouse status, marital quality, and chronic disease(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Sixty people had depression and the incidence rate was 16.72%.There was significant correlation behveen the occurrence of depression andmenopausal syndrome degree (P<0.01).ConclusionThe influencing factors of menopausal syndrome were complex and should be fully taken into account.